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Lot Number: 154
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Admiral John Winslow Oil Painting on Canvass Civil War Commanding Officer of the USS Kearsarge Portrait Framed |
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c. 1870 Oil on Canvass, Painted Portrait in Uniform of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow (1811-1873), Commanding Officer of USS Kearsarge, the ship that sank the Confederate raider CSS Alabama during the Civil War, Framed, Extremely Fine. This impressive Oil on Canvass Portrait Painting measures about 24.5” x 29.5”, being professionally framed to about 30.5” x 35.5”. Handsomely painted wearing his period military Navy uniform, Admiral Winslow is best known as the Commanding Officer of USS Kearsarge, the Union Navy ship that sank the Confederate “Raider” CSS Alabama during the Civil War. Winslow was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1870 and Commanded the United States Pacific Squadron for two years before retiring. When he died in Boston in 1873, his coffin was draped with the American Naval Battle Flag of the Kearsarge. The decorative gold painted wood frame rim having some minor scattered rub and edge nicks. Ready to display.During the Mexican War, he was commended to gallantry for his activities at Tobasco. Soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, Commander Winslow was assigned as Executive Officer of the Western Gunboat Flotilla. He was injured while commanding the incomplete ironclad river gunboat Benton in the Fall of 1861 and spent several months recovering. Promoted to Captain in July 1862, Winslow returned to the Mississippi area for further service, but was detached late in the year. He took command of USS Kearsarge in April 1863. Over the next year and a half, Captain Winslow patrolled European waters in search of Confederate raiders, keeping his ship and crew well-prepared for combat. On 19 June 1864, he led them to victory in one of the Civil War's most notable naval actions, the battle between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama. Winslow was promoted to the rank of Commodore as a result of this action. He became a Rear Admiral in 1870 and Commanded the Pacific Squadron from then until 1872. Rear Admiral John A. Winslow died on 29 September 1873, soon after retiring from active naval service. Two Ships in the U.S. Navy have been named, “USS Winslow” in his honor: TB-5, a Torpedo Boat from the Spanish-American War, and DD-53, an O’Brien Class Destroyer that served during WW1. |
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Lot Number: 154
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Estimate Range: $3,000 - $4,000 |
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